STRETCHED Synonyms: 130 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in enlarged

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verb

past tense of stretch

as in exaggerated

to add to the interest of by including made-up details it was stretching the truth to say she'd been in the movies: she was once an extra whose scene was cut in the final version

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as in pulled

to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure I stretched a back muscle, and the pain is killing me

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as in lengthened

to make longer the time it would take to fix the car got stretched from three hours to two days when the part we needed had to be ordered

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as in tried

to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress your whining is stretching my patience to the limit

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as in tightened

to draw tight if the canvas isn't properly stretched over the frame, there will be sagging over time

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Recent Examples of stretched

Adjective

This feed-in jumbo braid updo on Teyonah Parris is achieved by adding a lot of pre-stretched braiding hair when creating the cornrows. — Omenaa Boakye, InStyle, 19 July 2026 But the case shapes alone tell you Samsung isn’t treating the Wide as a stretched version of the Ultra. — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Wiley often wears her hair in a stretched state, combing through her gray coils with a blow dryer before doing a braid-out. — Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 29 May 2026 Once activated, the Fe-SMA bars aim to shrink back to their pre-stretched shape. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026 It’s formulated with calcium to promote new cell growth, adenosine to fill in wrinkles, collagen to maintain your skin’s density and thickness, elastin to restore stretched skin, and Vitamin D for rejuvenation. — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026 America’s health care system is straining under the twin pressures of an aging population and a stretched pool of health care providers. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025

Verb

With the militia stretched thin, Riyadh sees an opportunity to defeat it or force it back to negotiations. — Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026 By Wednesday afternoon, the line for visitor passes to get on base for the ship’s homecoming stretched several hundred feet, snaking across the lawn in front of the building and doubling back on itself. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026 Quality teams are stretched thin and can’t be in twelve countries at once. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 Thursday’s raids stretched from Simi Valley to West Covina, targeting homes, a storefront downtown and numerous vehicles. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 These delays may be a natural consequence of a district stretched too thin. — Vanessa Andersen, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 The medieval abbey of Normandy’s Mont Saint-Michel, a tidal island only accessible at certain times each day, stretched from the lapping waves as though reaching for Heaven. — Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026 Phish has celebrated 17 New Year’s Eves at MSG, while its 2017 Baker’s Dozen residency stretched across 13 consecutive shows and featured 237 songs without a repeat. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 Oct. 2026 Young rolled to his right, evading Aidan Hutchinson’s pressure, and threw a perfect pass along the sideline in which McMillan stretched his arms and hauled in the catch using all 6-foot-4 of him, his toes to his fingertips. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stretched

Adjective

His family later said his death was due to an enlarged heart coupled with aortic valve complications.

— Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2026
According to the Mayo Clinic, finasteride is a prescription medication used to treat hair loss in men and an enlarged prostate.

— James Powel, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of enlarged

Verb

Standard laboratory models greatly exaggerated the actual performance of liquid thermogalvanic cells.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
The teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles, in a memo to school board members, presented a counter interpretation and said the state team exaggerated the crisis and was implicitly faulting justified wage increases.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of exaggerated

Verb

Our shopping editors have done the wandering for you and pulled the furniture deals worth acting on before midnight, with some marked down by more than 50%.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026
Nick Pivetta yielded two runs and five hits while pitching into the fifth for the Padres, and Dustin May got pulled abruptly with a 1-0 count on Bogaerts and a runner aboard in the fourth.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of pulled

Verb

The woman tried to intervene as her father was being assaulted, and Gonzalez also allegedly attacked her, authorities said.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Trump on Monday alluded to his own frustrations over the reports, which include allegations that Guilfoyle tried to solicit money from a donor to pay off her credit card ahead of her confirmation process (Guilfoyle has denied the story).

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of tried

Verb

Widdecombe’s slaying renewed concerns over security for politicians, which has been tightened in the past decade after two lawmakers were murdered.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Chinese authorities have tightened their grip on the media, the legal profession, and civil society, limiting the space for Chinese citizens to discuss mounting social woes and extinguishing emerging calls for deeper political reform.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of tightened

Adjective

No one made a shacket like Brunello; no one built a padded vest or an indoor coat like him, either.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
This one can be rearranged to suit nearly any layout, and has extra cushioning in the padded backrests and armrests for cozy lounging.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of padded

Verb

French newspaper Le Monde reported that hackers also extended the defrost cycle in some freezers and cold-storage rooms from one hour to eight hours to delay alarms.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 Oct. 2026
Reyes said the 24-hour temporary order could be extended to 14 days if necessary.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026